lululemon reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(10,489 total reviews)
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Calvin McDonald

76% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

lululemon has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 10,489 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The lululemon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jan 31, 2018

Cult like

Recommend
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Pros

The pay is amazing. Especially the bonus. You can get up to 6 dollars extra per hour a month if you make sales goals. The discount is decent too. 40% for part time, 60% for full time.

Cons

If you’re over 30 and a female you will never be promoted. Employees who were younger than me and less qualified were promoted over the more seasoned older females. They went as far as to hire a manager from outside the store than hire the qualified candidate from within. You can be an amazing athlete but they prefer yogis. Managers play favorites and constantly will give free product to certain employees. Also managers notoriously break the rules on the floor and instead of taking responsibility they put the blame on regular educators.

5.0
Nov 1, 2017

Amazing company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Loved working here! The team is unreal. So many amazing people.

Cons

Pay is just not high enough to make it a livable wage. Hard to develop because of limited roles.

4.0
Jun 16, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

-employee discount and workout stipend, especially generous for full-time -easy to pick up shifts at other stores in nyc or even out of your region if travelling extensively / easy to get coverage -some of the most talented, fun, ambitious people I've worked with -management will help you grow in the company if that is your goal -company culture very focused on individual growth and goal setting -typically always experienced clear communication from management and between educators. exception was visual merch team. -team sales goals if you don't like working under individual commission -exciting time to be involved with the fitness community in NYC, and studios/gyms will always want to treat lulu employees well. you have a lot of personal freedom if you want to help create community events. not much extra pay if any, but opportunity to make connections and experiences valuable to your future career

Cons

-easy to feel micromanaged, depending on which key leader/manager you're working with -sometimes expectations were a little unrealistic and it is hard to stand up for yourself because of the "giving/receiving feedback" culture -majority of growth opportunity is only in management unless you want to move to Canada -visual merch was always very rushed and lacked consistency/communication because everyone has different ideas and is able to change them throughout any shift. -it's probably the best retail environment you can work in, but it's still a customer service job where you'll deal with unhappy customers, cleaning up after them, etc

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